CHARTING NOSTROMO – The Nostromo Files

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Ever Given: a big ship in a bind.

2021-03-27 05:50:18 PM CDT

There's been a mishap in the Suez Canal: the Ever Given, a massive container ship on its way to Rotterdam, has run aground and is blocking the entire waterway. These…

“Continuity” fodder.

2021-03-22 05:29:00 PM CDT2021-03-22 09:31:50 PM CDT

The Alien universe was so much simpler to keep up with back in the late 1990s: we had the Alien Laserdisc, Alien: 20th Anniversary Edition, Aliens: Special Edition, Alien3, and…

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Vernon Heavy Lift Co.

2020-01-12 12:31:16 PM CST2020-12-19 07:32:45 PM CST

Corporate patch and badge worn by employees of this fictional Weylan-Yutani competitor. Click here for more information. (I will be posting to the gallery my concept doodles, which sometimes have…

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An advertisement from the universe of Alien.

2019-06-09 07:51:19 PM CDT2021-04-27 04:59:14 PM CDT

<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> If ever the existence of printed publications in the time of the Nostromo and its crew was in doubt, we need only remember Ash's assault…

How well do we know Mother?

2019-06-09 02:08:06 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:02 PM CST

<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> The computers of ALIEN have each had a distinctive look and sound. We have come a long way from the Mother of the Nostromo…

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“…out of (Rennell Island?)”

2019-06-08 09:25:11 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:02 PM CST

<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> I have done some preliminary work on my ideas about the commercial space port in the Solomons Island, depicting the landing areas for the…

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Safeguard of interstellar shipping.

2019-06-03 12:20:09 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:08 PM CST

<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> Safe interstellar operations requires government oversight, and in the world of 2122, I imagine it is this such institution that provides the service: …

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Daily Position Reports.

2019-06-03 07:36:47 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:09 PM CST

<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> All those space vessels, plying the Core Systems, the Outer Rim Territories, and beyond... how do they keep up with them? Continue reading "Daily…

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Are we there yet?

2019-06-01 11:07:19 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:09 PM CST

<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> While others have the deft touch for models, costumes, art, film, or music, I find great pleasure in crunching the numbers behind the ALIEN…

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Isolating matters of scale: Nostromo, Anesidora, and Torrens.

2019-05-18 08:16:11 PM CDT2021-03-07 08:29:13 PM CST

<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> I received a hyper-state message from a friend of mine in the Outer Veil, (read: Down Under) about the Anesidora recently, and that got me…